Combined cheese-pressing hoop and cheese-shipping box.



N. SIMON & N SIMON, JR. GOMBINED CHEESE PRESSING HOOP'AND GHEESESHIPPING BOX.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 20, 1912.

Patented May 13, 1913.

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APPLIOATION FILED JULY 20, 1912.

Patented May 13, 1913.

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NICHOLAS SIMON AND NICHOLAS SIMON, JR., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED CHEESE-PRESSING HOOP AND CHEESE-SHIPPING BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 13, 1913.

Application filed July 20, 1912. Serial No. 710,724.

. to form, press, and afterward ship, extraor dinary large cheese, suchas are made principally for advertising purposes, are

several feet in diameter and thickness,

weigh several thousand pounds, and are too heavy and bulky to be handledafter being pressed, excepting in the hoop in which the cheese isformed, and it consists of several novel features for a cheese pressinghoop, whereby it is made available as a shipping I box for the cheeseafter it has been pressed in said hoop, said features being shown in theaccompanying drawing, in wh1ch,

Figure 1 is a plan of the cheese hoop,

showing it as arranged for receiving the curd of which the cheese is tobe made, the straight parallel lines therein indicating the separateboards or planks of which the base or bottom end of the hoop is formed.Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the hoop, showing it as filled with curdwith its pressing follower in position for pressing the curd, a part ofits base and of its pressing follower being in section. Fig. 3 is a planshowing the cheese hoop with the cheese pressed therein and inclosedunder its upper end piece or cover, ready. for being shipped. Fig. 4 isa side elevation of the cheese hoop, cut down to the thickness of thecheese after it has been pressed, its base or lower end pieces and coveror upper end pieces being in position and held together with a pluralityof connecting rods, the follower being partly in section. Fig. 5 is aplan showing the two ends of the sheet metal cheese hoop, and the mannerin which said ends meet. Fig. 6 is a modification in the manner of theirmeeting. Fig. 7 is an end elevation of a coupling lug casting which isused upon the hoop. Fig. 8' is a side elevation of said coupling lug.Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8, are upon a larger scale than the others.

Similar numerals indicate like parts in the several views.

1, indicates the lower circular disk' and base of the cheese shippingbox, and upon which the cheese is formed within the hoop.

This base is to be formed of a plurality of boards or planks 2, of asuitable thickness for providing the required strength, and of 6 twocourses, 1 and 3, one course with the grain of the wood at approximatelyright angles with the grain of the other course, and the two coursesnailed or otherwise secured together, as with nails 4. The lower courseis to be made ofa greater diameter than the cheese is to be made, andthe upper course of the disk of the diameter of the cheese hoop andmounted concentrically upon the lower course of the disk, the two disks1 and 3, constituting the lower end piece of the cheese shipping box.Whenever the material of which the disks 1 and 3 are to be made is toothin for the required strength, each disk may be formed of two courses.The joints between the several boards or planks of the disks may beslightly open for permitting the escape of the whey while the curd isbeing pressed. The disk 1, is to be provided with holes 5, for receivingrods for connecting the disk 1 to a similar one upon the upper end ofthe hoop.

The hoop 6, is to be made of sheet metal, galvanized, and of a lengthfor surrounding the disk 3, and forming a suitable meeting joint at itsends, such a joint as is shown in Fig. 5 meeting the requirements, onein which one plain end 7 enters and abuts against the bottom of a groove8, in the other end, the groove being formed by doubling the end of thesheet twice, as is shown in said figure, or the joint shown in Fig. 6may be used, the groove being formed by securing with solder or rivetsthe strip 9 to one end of the sheet. The sheet may be pieced forproducing the necessary length for the hoop by soldering or riveting twoor more pieces together, or one of the joints shown in Figs. 5 and 6 maybe used. The width of the sheet, preferably, should be equal to theheight required for holdingthe amount of curd required to form thecheese. The hoop is to be fitted around the disk 3, and its meeting endsdrawn together and held by means of "rods 10, which are provided withscrew threaded ends, nuts and coupling lugs 'll,'said lugs being shownin an'enlarged View in Figs. 7 and 8. The hoop having been formed asdescribed, and mounted upon its base disks with the hoops or rods 10,around the same, it is ready to be filled with the curd nearly to itsupper edge, and to receive the follower 12. The follower is to be madeto fit closely the inside of the hoop, and be made of two courses ofboards or plank, the length of one being at nearly right angles with thelength of the other and the two courses nailed or otherwise securedtogether. Upon the follower being placed in position upon the curd as isshown in Fig. 2, it may be pressed down in any suitable and convenientmanner, "as by a screw or screws suitably arranged, or by a plurality ofweights distributed over the surface of the follower, in a manner wellknown to a cheese maker, the whey escaping between joints of the boardsor plank of the disks 1 and 3, and in addition to the open joints theremay be holes bored through the disks 1 and 3 for the free escape of thewhey. The curd having been pressed into a cheese, the surplus width ofthe hoop above the follower is to be removed by cutting the sheetentirely around the hoop, which can be done with a heavy pair of tinnerssnips. The cap piece or disk 13, may now be placed over the upper end ofthe hoop and upon and concentrically with the follower, it being formedof similar material and in a like manner as the lower disk 1, and nailedor otherwise secured to the follower 12, the two disks forming the upperend piece of the shipping box. Coupling rods 14, are now to be insertedthrough holes in the cap piece 13, as they have previously been in thedisks 1 and 3, and each pair connected by a turn-buckle 15, the turnbuckles then being screwed upon the rods until the two end pieces arecompressed be'tween the heads 16, of the rods 14:, and against the endsof the cheese hoop and upon the cheese therein, when the box and cheesetherein are ready to be placed upon a car or other vehicle fortransportation.

Having described our invention and the manner of its construction anduse, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,-

1. A combined cheese pressing hoop and cheese shipping boX, consistingof a lower end piece formed of two circular concentric disks, the outerone larger in diameter than the cheese to be made, and the inner orupper one fitted to the inside of the cheese hoop, a sheet metal cheesehoop mounted loosely around said upper disk with its lower end restingupon the lower disk and being adapted to hold the curd for forming thecheese, a plurality of rods which serve as strengthening hoops aroundthe cheese hoop and means for tightening them around the same, an upperend piece corresponding in diameter, when inverted, in construction,with that of the lower one, mounted concentrically upon the upper end ofthe hoop,

its two disks being disconnected from each other, the lower one placedinside of the hoop and the upper one extended over its upper end, and aplurality of headed rods connecting the outer disks of each end piece bypassing through said upper and lower disks, and turn buckles arranged tobe screwed upon the rods to clamp the two end pieces upon the ends ofthe cheese hoop and upon the cheese therein.

2. A combined cheese pressing hoop and cheese shipping box, consistingof a circular base piece or disk of a greater diameter than the cheeseto be made and formed of a plurality of boards or planks, a secondcircular base piece or disk of a diameter corresponding with thediameter of the cheese to be made, mounted above and securedconcentrically to the first named base piece and formed of a pluralityof boards or planks arranged with their length at right angles with thelength of those of the first named disk, a hoop formed of sheet metalarranged around the last named base piece or disk of a suitable widthfor inclosing 'sufficient'curd to form the cheese to be made, and of alength for surroundlng the c1rcumference of the second named base pieceor disk, one end of the sheet being plain and adapted to abut againstthe bottom of a groove formed in the other end of the hoop, a pluralityof rods spaced apart, each one being threaded at each end, providedwit-h nuts and a coupling lug and adapted to be screwed up tightlyaround the hoop, a cap piece corresponding with the diameter of thelower base piece or disk, and when inverted, in construction, mountedupon the upper edge of the hoop, the two disks of which it is formedbeing normally disconnected from each other, the lower one placed insideof the hoop and the upper one extended over its upper end, and aplurality of rods, each consisting of two pieces, one end of which isprovided with a head and the other with threads, and a turn-buckle forconnecting each pair of rods and drawing the upper and lower end piecestoward each other and against the ends of the cheese hoop.

8. A combined cheese pressing hoop and cheese shipping box, consistingof upper and lower circular end pieces, each end piece being a diskformed of two boards or planks concentric with each other, the boards orplanks of one having their length at an angle with the length of theother, the inner disk of each end piece being of a diametercorresponding substantially with the diameter of the cheese to be madeand the outer disk of a greater diameter, the lower one of the upper endpiece being normally detached from the upper one,a'hoop formed of sheetmetal fitted around the outer edges of the inner disk of a width adaptedfor re ceiving the curd of which the cheese is to be made, one end ofthe hoop abutting against the bottom of a groove formed in hoop, afterthe surplus width of the hoop the other end, a plurality of threadedrods has been cut down even with the upper surspaced apart, and arrangedaround the hoop face of the follower, and after the pressing and meansfor drawiigg them tigitly aroplnd has been completed.

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and a plurality of devices, each consisting J of threaded and headedrods and a turn buckle arranged for connecting said two lVitnesses: endpieces and drawing them tightly upon ELLEN MERCHANT,

10 the upper and lower edges of said cheese p O. M. ALBEE.

' copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, 7 Washington, D. C."

